a car which has a long body with a door at the back end and luggage space behind the rear seats
the luggage space of hatchbacks and estate cars
Synonyms
station wagon (US)
shooting brake
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Explore 'estate car' in the dictionary
estate car
Word forms: plural estate cars
countable noun
An estate car is a car with a long body, a door at the rear, and space behind the back seats.
[British]regional note: in AM, use station wagon
Synonyms: station wagon [US], shooting brake More Synonyms of estate car
estate car in British English
noun
British
a car with a comparatively long body containing a large carrying space, reached through a rear door: usually the back seats can be folded forward to increase the carrying space
Also called (esp US, Canadian, Austral, and NZ): station wagon
estate car in American English
British
station wagon
Examples of 'estate car' in a sentence
estate car
There was a large Peugeot estate car standing there, two men beside it.
Higgins, Jack A SEASON IN HELL
As they reached the green Volvo estate car parked on the gravel at the front, she turned to her mother with a teasing smile.
Stewart, Michael GRACE
I could make some money and get a few tips, and I could drive around in the shop's estate car.
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estate car
British English: estate car /ɪˈsteɪt kɑː/ NOUN
An estate car is a car with a long body, a door at the rear, and space behind the back seats.